ETCSL:ETCSLglossing

ETCSLglossing

Sign name: LI
Values: en₃, gub₂, le, li

The advice of a supervisor to a younger scribe (E-dub-ba-a C) (c.5.1.3), line c513.22

ki	za-za	teš₂	lu₂-u₁₈-lu-ka	maḫ-bi	gu₂	ḫe₂-ri-du₃
KI	ZA-ZA	TEš₂	LU₂-U₁₈-LU-KA	MAḫ-BI	GU₂	ḫE₂-RI-DU₃
ki	za	teš₂	lu₂-ulu₃	maḫ	gu₂	du₃
place	to bow down	pride	person	to be majestic	neck	to erect

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Paragraph t513.p5 (line(s) 21-26) Click line no. for paragraph-aligned layout of transliteration and translation.

"And another thing: you will never return to your blinkered vision; that would be greatly to demean due deference, the decency of mankind. Worthy plants calm the heart, and sins are absolved. An empty-handed man's gifts are respected as such. Even a poor man clutches a kid to his chest as he kneels. You should defer to the powers that be and …… -- that will calm you."

ePSD = The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary